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Si
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Appendix:Variations of "si"
Translingual
Symbol
silicon
English
Etymology 1
From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.
Pronunciation
en /saɪ/
en aɪ 1
en en-us-sigh.ogg US
en sigh sie sai psi xi scye Sy Cy Si
Proper noun
en male Simon.
en female Simone.
en male Silas.
Alternative forms
en Sy
Etymology 2
Si River
Si County
Si Prefecture
Si County
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanizations of the en cmn - pronunciations of en zh 泗 Sì, zh 肆 Sì, and zh 姒 a surname, older brother's wife Sì.
Pronunciation
en /sɪ/ /sə/
sûen 1952 Szehsien or Ssu-hsien Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1858 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1858/ 3
Proper noun
en river in p/Shandong c/China.
en county prefecture-level city/Suzhou p/Anhui c/China.
en 26 December 2018 Mandy Zuo Christmas linked to China’s past humiliation by foreign invaders in speech to primary schoolchildren w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20250504135540/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2179540/christmas-linked-chinas-past-humiliation-foreign-invaders-speech https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2179540/christmas-linked-chinas-past-humiliation-foreign-invaders-speech 4 May 2025 1563-9371 648902513 China/People & Culture Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders. on
en July 4, 2022 Sophie Yu; Stella Qiu; Ryan Woo Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge William Mallard w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183724/https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/chinas-wuxi-tightens-covid-curbs-new-clusters-emerge-2022-07-03/ 05 July 2022 https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/chinas-wuxi-tightens-covid-curbs-new-clusters-emerge-2022-07-03/ Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
July 5, 2022 Zixu Wang Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province https://web.archive.org/web/20220705111006/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/05/world/asia/covid-outbreak-china-anhui-province.html The Coronavirus Pandemic Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
en historical Various prefectures of imperial China.
en chiefly _ historical en Mandarin.
Alternative forms
en Su, en Ssu, en Szu
Synonyms
county en Sixian, en Ssu-hsien
prefectures en Sizhou, en Ssu-chou
References
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en Xi.
Further reading
Anagrams
en is 'is I's IS Is i's is is- is.
en clippings
Alemannic German
Etymology
See gsw si they. Cognate with de Sie.
Pronoun
gsw pronoun
gsw polite you singular and plural
Declension
Asturian
Proper noun
ast Siero
East Central German
Etymology
Compare vmf Si, de Sinn.
Noun
gmw-ecg noun m
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch sense
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch meaning, sense
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch point, idea, tenor
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch mind, consciousness
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch feeling
Further reading
Christian Friedrich Röder, Erzgebirgiſche Zufriedenheit http://andreas-romeyke.de/BunteBilder/bunte_bilder.chunked/ch88.html
gmw-ecg Thinking
Limburgish
Pronunciation
li /ziː/
li si
li iː 1
Etymology 1
li ine-pro
From li gmw-pro *sīdā, from li gem-pro *sīdǭ.
Noun
f Sijje li Eupen
li geometry and in general side a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape
li Kaïnt
li geometry face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
page single leaf of any manuscript or book
side one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper
one side or half of something or someone
li figuratively a certain aspect of a concept
li figuratively side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
face of a coin or dice
Etymology 2
li ine-pro *sh₂ey-
From Old Limburgish li sīda, from li la-med sīda, la sēta, from li la saeta horsehair; bristle; silk.
Noun
f Sijje li Eupen
silk
Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta genus, having small white flowers but no leaves; dodder.
li Collectives Morning glory family plants Parasites